Shadow Slave

Usually, it would have taken Kai a lot longer to fly across the city to reach the tranquil terrace district… not that he would have. But today, the famous idol neglected his habit of staying low and out of sight. It seemed that his speed increased tremendously, as well, because ten minutes later, he was already at Sunny's door.

Maybe because of that, there was no crowd of paparazzi following him.

As they waited for Cassie, Effie rummaged through the empty refrigerator, then walked away from it with a disappointed sigh.

"There's no food!"

Sunny, who was evaluating the damage the boisterous huntress had done to the guest bedroom, glanced at her darkly.

"We've been gone for months. What did you expect?"

Effie made a sad face, then shrugged.

"But I'm hungry!"

Sunny let out an exasperated breath.

"...I have some synthpaste, if you want."

She shuddered and opened her mouth to retort, but at that moment, there was a knock on the door. If not for the haughty shadow standing guard outside — reluctantly, of course, since mundane tasks such as this were grossly beneath it — Sunny would have tensed up.

However, he already knew that it was Cassie.

The blind girl walked inside, froze for a moment, then raised a deliciously smelling package.

"...I brought food."

a quick glance

has some

not stare at the

assumed an almost hypnotizing quality. It was easy to get distracted if one stared at him for

a different degree. After studying Kai and Cassie for a bit, Sunny couldn't help but shake his head ruefully, a stunned expression on his face. He finally understood why Master Jet had called herself average when they first met, at least as

quality that no one he had

And Sunny himself?

Soul Reaper had once predicted, but even he couldn't call himself unassuming anymore. The scrawny

threads of Weaver's forbidden legacy glowed with the flame

settled around the table and shared

too joyous… well, except for Effie, who

just felt… hurt, tired,

they be? Inside the Nightmare, there was no time for weakness. They had to carry on no matter how deep the wounds dealt to their souls cut. Now that the danger had passed and the members of the cohort

the assault on the Ivory City…

their share of demons to quell, no

of

remember much

and stared at the archer with

were swallowed

Kai smiled with embarrassment:

really. I just, sort of… jumped into his mouth. Because I didn't know how else

a few times, but didn't say anything. She

looked down,

not trust anyone with the knives, I think. After you killed

quiet for a few moments, and then